fluffy

Older than Pac-Man, younger than Pong. TERFs fuck off.

[fluffy-critter]

A few days ago I happened upon this video about visual snow syndrome and I watched it even thinking that it was kinda clickbaity, since I always figured that visual snow syndrome is something that a lot of people have and it’s not a big deal. But it actually made me realize that there’s a lot of stuff that’s possibly interconnected in my brain. Because one of the things the presenter mentioned is that it’s also linked to tinnitus and heightened pareidolia, which are both things I’ve always had. As well as migraines. And I wonder how much of my other brain shit is also explained by this? So for example, fibromyalgia generally manifests as having a bit of pain that just leads to massive overwhelm for me. And then the MSG sensitivity I have seems to be caused by overexposure to the flavor of MSG lingering in my mouth. And the vertigo I have is triggered by being hyper-attuned to motion around me. And my migraine triggers are being overloaded by sensory input (usually smells or sound or flashes of light). And I have always had a tendency to photophobia as well. My anxiety also feels like it’s a sort of feedback cycle that happens. And maybe it’s even the source of my mirror-touch synaesthesia? This doesn’t explain all of my problems (like my connective tissue issues which are also at the root of my most intense pain flareups) but I wonder if this is an avenue worth exploring. And how I would even go about exploring it. But also given that my creativity is all rooted in the random nerve firings that make connections where they aren’t obvious… maybe this isn’t something to fix. Just something to better understand. It’d be nice if I could figure out a way of keeping the good parts without being so badly affected by the bad parts. (As with so many other things in life, I suppose.) comments #neurology #brain stuff #fibromyalgia #musings (via busybee)

[girlnephew]

[ryanthedemiguy]

I don't think this is possible????

[physicallyimprobable]

Hello Ryan I am here to help. So the first step is pretty easy: Three cheeseburgers are worth 18, so each one is worth 6. If these are dollars, that's a steal!

From the second equation we get that cheeseburger plus fries-squared is five. Subtracting cheeseburger, which is six, from both sides, we get that fries-squared is negative-one. Math fans will know that there are two solutions to this; either fries are the "imaginary unit" 𝒾 or they are its negative, -𝒾. We'll do the rest of the problem with 𝒾, keeping in mind that at the end we should also take the complex conjugates as solutions.

Finally, we have that cup to the power of fries, minus cup, equals three. Replacing fries with 𝒾, and moving a cup to the other side, we get that cup-to-the-𝒾 is equal to cup-plus-three.

Now, the weird part about this is the cup-to-the-i. The problem with this is that complex exponentiation is technically not a thing. That is to say, there is no one function which is mathematically equal to "input-to-the-power-of-𝒾". In fact, there are infinitely many such functions.

Fortunately, due to reasons that take about six pages to explain (trust me I've done it), there is one particular function that many people have agreed is "the most reasonable one". This is not a mathematical notion, but a human preference. Seeing as this question was presumably written by a human, I am comfortable with using this function.

So, what function is this? Well, given a complex number r∠θ written in polar form (if you don't know what that means don't worry), where -π < θ ≤ π, then (r∠θ)^𝒾 = e^(-θ)∠ln(r).

Applying this to our problem a value r∠θ will be a possible solution for cup if e^(-θ)∠ln(r) = r∠θ + 3. Splitting this into real and imaginary parts, we get two equations: e^(-θ) cos(ln(r)) = r cos(θ) + 3 and e^(-θ) sin(ln(r)) = r sin(θ). We can graph these equations on Desmos:

The possible values of cup are the intersections between the red, green, and purple. There are infinitely many of these which have an angle of around -π/3, and there are two weirdos: One which is a complex number very close to -2.98, and one which is somewhere around -25. The possible values for cup are all of these infinitely many solutions, and also all of their complex conjugates.

[sharkgirldick]

They were right, 99% of people can't solve it.

[peelerofpotatoes]

i've actually been working on some formulae to give all possible solutions to complex exponentiation problems recently, so here's my take on this:

let the value of the glass = z, for z ∈ ℂ:

z^(±i) = 3+z

let z = r·e^(iθ) for r,θ ∈ ℝ, -π < θ ≤ π

∴ z = r·e^i(θ+2πn) for all n ∈ ℤ

∴ (r·e^i(θ+2πn))^(±i) = 3+r·e^i(θ+2πn)

distribute powers (apologies for the use of ∓):

r^(±i)·e^(∓(θ+2πn)) = 3+r·e^i(θ+2πn)

convert to the same base:

e^i(±ln(r))·e^(∓(θ+2πn)) = 3+r·e^i(θ+2πn)

split into real and imaginary components:

re: cos(±ln(r))·e^(∓(θ+2πn)) = 3+r·cos(θ)

im: sin(±ln(r))·e^(∓(θ+2πn)) = r·sin(θ)

in effect, all this changes is the restriction on the domain of theta to be between -pi and pi, so you can just ignore that constraint.

[inthefallofasparrow]

[listacole]

@oddcabinboy

[1kit]

@anremithrl

[anremithrl]

*sigh*

I have a rant to go on, hold on.

[anremithrl]

A lot of these answers have the right idea. I have a lot of pedantic problems with the phrasing and what's going on here.

The first problem is there's no super clear indication of what ring we're working on.

For example another valid solution I might accept would simply be "we are working in a ring mod in some characteristic prime p where p mod 4 is 1." There are other ways. In general any ring in which -1 is a square, we have good algebraic extensions. In fact I'd allow any ring where there's a good argument for why exponentiation works, and allow people to extend it where necessary.

For example, in mod 29, we can do the same thing and get fries equal to 12 or 17.

On the point of 'infinitely many functions that can represent input to the power of'... this depends. There are, for example, infinitely many possible ways of doing input multiplied by other input, but in the end we choose one out of wanting it to correspond nicely with some properties. Input to the power of has a lot of functions that satisfy the properties we usually want, but we ordinarily choose additional properties with good reasons for them so that there is only one. I mean yeah at some point it's mathematical convention but so are the properties we care about for, say, addition. And then yeah this chosen function, which is no more a choice of convention than choosing to work in ℂ is not injective on ℂ.

(To this sentiment, 'addition' of ordinals violates the usual sense in which we define addition, even if it satisfied the general intuition of addition, while there are alternative ways to add do not satisfy this intuitive notion, (see symmetric difference in the natural ring on the power set) .)

In general I feel that if we're being pedantic the problem is not sufficiently well defined to admit solution.

Now let's say we do actually restrict ourselves to ℂ, which is a reasonable thing to do for an arbitrary thing. Then most of this works.

And yeah that kind of makes this inane but I just had this immediate feeling of annoyance at the phrasing above. This in fact goes fairly well to my point about the how cool the Lambert W function in some other post.

[fluffy-critter]

I was gonna tag @abalidoth on this but then I saw who put it on my dash to begin with

so now I'm just tagging them out of principle

[butch-bara]

the no kink at pride thing is really funny bc have you ever heard anyone say “no kink at halloween” or does everyone just think queer people are uniquely perverted and should be censored 🤔 i think it’s the latter…

[persisting]

hi, i’m your local laid off discord employee, here to talk about exactly how safe it may or may not be to talk about Political Activism on discord. my credentials here are that i was a senior member of discord’s trust & safety team, which is the team that handles bans, legal investigations, and legal compliance. (my speciality was in child safety, anti-grooming, and taking down CSAM, but i also worked occasionally in low level terrorism issues and assisted that team in investigations.) i also know most of the people still working there in these capacities.

the tldr and most important thing to know is: i do not recommend you plan, discuss plans, or use any kind of hyperbolic (or not) language about violence to government officials or anyone in that vicinity on discord. please use signal instead.

a discord trust & safety employee is technically able to see any message you’ve sent under your account, going all the way back to the beginning of your account. unless you have manually deleted a message, it is viewable to a tns employee. now: it is a tremendous part of being on a tns team that we did NOT invade user privacy without cause. cause was usually: another user reported something you said, and we thought the reported message indicated you might be doing something elsewhere that was illegal (for example: a user says “i’m talking to this girl but she’s in high school lol.” i would then try to find evidence as to whether or not there was a child safety issue there. in this example, we’d require clear admission of age from both the user and the alleged high school girl, and then clear evidence of sexual talk between them, and go from there.) finding evidence required looking though all of that user’s messages.

most of the tns team, as i know them, are pretty resolute about not going further in looking than would be needed for action. most of the tns team that i still speak to is very much on the side of blue. your general conversations are probably perfectly safe, and we were very good at figuring out quickly if someone has reported you maliciously. i don’t believe you need to worry too much about your porn and fanfic and all that.

HOWEVER: reported content must be investigated, and discord can, and has been, legally subpoenaed to turn over user information. again, this has nominally been in Very Evil cases (CSAM and grooming, school shooting threats, murder admissions, etc.) but that could change, either at the federal level, or at the discord policy level. discord, like any social media company, could easily be pressured or forced into taking on different internal policies that could get you in serious trouble if you are organizing violent or “illegal” resistance. if that happens, there is a scenario where this incoming administration is given access to your messages.

again: please do not organize your political or social resistance on discord from now on. please use signal to ensure your maximum safety. do not panic if you have already talks about things on discord: you can easily delete your messages, and that WILL remove from an employee’s view. do that and use signal from now on.

stay safe. i love you. 💕

[fluffy-critter]

Man, I am so tired of being tired. On the plus side I’m finally working on music again. Hopefully I can keep up a more sustainable momentum this time around, because I really do want to finish Misfits sometime this year. But I also don’t want to do my usual multi-month crunch that leaves me even more drained when I’m done with an album. I’ve also been working on the next version of the-protocol-formerly-called-Canimus. At present the tentative rebrand name is “Chorus” although I’m not totally sold on it (but my various collaborators like it). Anyway, for now folks can look at the WIP draft branch and maybe comment on it? I’ve gotten some really good feedback from some folks but more eyes would be better, I think. I’ve also been doing voice training again, this time with a practitioner who knows what the hell she’s doing. It’s going okay. I only really have energy enough to do a few hours' worth of activity on any given day, and last weekend I made the mistake of going overboard with the exercise, which wiped me out for a good chunk of this week. Post-exertional malaise has such a hair trigger. I miss being able to walk 5 miles a day without even thinking about it. I also miss being able to play DDR/Stepmania, but it was too hard on my knees, and I was also starting to worry about how much my floor shakes during more intense stuff. Maybe I should try setting it up in the basement, if I can figure out a good place to put it. On the plus side, my VRChat fanbase is slowly growing. I’ve had some pretty good experiences lately where people actually come to see me perform, and they actually want to talk to me about the music afterward! People also keep on requesting the Furality song, which I can’t accommodate during my sets because my backing track is fixed ahead of time, but maybe I’ll make a backing track for my next show. I dunno. But anyway. I guess things are fairly okay, or at least holding steady for now. Wish I could figure out a fix for the fatigue though. It’s been such an impediment to all the things I would rather be doing. comments #blogging #fatigue #music (via busybee)

[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a headache

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[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a tummy ache

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[topgunvolleyballscene]

Ok so thanks for voting on this but i need you to reblog it too

[ohwhatagloomyshow]

do you remember why you followed prev

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[sunflowerbutch]

🥚

crack egg directly into hot pan, scramble while cooking

crack egg directly into cold pan, stir/scramble, then cook

crack egg into bowl, whisk or stir, THEN pour into pan and cook

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[leopardmask-ao3]

Or you use a plastic/silicon spatula?? Or a silicon whisk?? go to literally any dollar store they have shitty plastic/silicon kitchen utensils you can scramble eggs with without scratching up your pans

[great-and-small]

Now that’s what I call

[great-and-small]

@rpepperpotshipssciencebros please forgive me for this one

[son-of-drogo]

I hate this site so much.

[jayce]

[fernwah-funzone]

wait you understand that kinks are ok because they're fantasies that make you happy right? you all get that you don't need to have trauma for your kinks to be okay? right? like none of you think i witnessed a tragic accident on the pool toy assembly line right?

[fernwah-funzone]

like "some people work through their personal issues with kink" was a good first step for some of the class that were struggling but i think now we're ready for "things that don't hurt anyone and make people happy are okay even if you personally think it's icky"

[curlicuecal]

[misunderstandings-georg]

BECAUSE ROUGE THE BAT DRAWN AS WIDE AS SHE IS TALL WITH TITS TO MATCH KILLED MY GRANDMA, OKAY?

[fluffy-critter]

comments #music #creativity #AI #genAI (via busybee)

[busket]

wait, cis tumblr user!

before you reblog that seemingly innocuous transgender positivity or discourse post, here's some important things to look out for:

1. does this post uplift one marginalized group at the expense of another? specific positivity posts are great, like "protect black trans women" or "lets support intersex folks", but be sure that the post in question doesnt put down another group. examples: "trans women get all the love, so lets have some support for trans men for once" or "trans women are so strong for what they go through, trans men could never understand the struggle and dont experience even half of what trans women are put through" 🚨🚨DONT REBLOG IT!🚨🚨 find another post that doesnt have to put down another marginalized group or pit us against each other. remember, as a cis ally, its not your place to decide who does or doesnt deserve support, or to pick sides when misguided trans folks decide to play oppression olympics.

2. listen for dogwhistles! what seems like a harmless feminist post venting about cishet men can have hateful intentions towards marginalized people. terfs will often misgender trans women when they complain about them so it looks like theyre talking about predatory men, but theyre really meaning trans women. radfems/baeddels frequently omit the "trans" aspect of trans men to hide their anti-transmasculinity. if you have doubts, go to the OPs blog and search terms like "TIM" "TIF" "TRA" "TMRA" "radfem" "terf" "radical feminism" "theyfab" etc. you can also just search trans men/transmasc/trans woman/transfem and if you see anything negative, block and move along!

3. does the post operate under the binary for no good reason? does OP seem to forget that nonbinary and/or intersex people exist? does it use agab language when it seems to only be talking about trans men/women or cis men/women? does it use gendered euphemisms instead of specific and plain language, example: talking about periods and saying "women" "afab people" "females" instead of "people who menstruate". while it seems harmless, these small language quirks really build up in the psyche of trans folks and reminds us that people often are not willing to accommodate us. if your goal as an ally is to make us feel welcome and safe, being as direct and plain with your language is a good start

4. lastly, read the notes! watch out for "us vs them" language or advocating violence. even a common, unserious sentiment like "kill all men" that carries little weight in the cis world is a lot heavier in the trans community; cis men are rarely killed but trans men are murdered at high rates. watch out for malgendering, which is someone holding a trans persons gender identity against them, like "trans men really ARE men 🙄" or calling trans women hysterical bitches. remember that no demographic of trans person is "coddled" or supported by the status quo, we all live in a world that is increasingly hostile to us. if people agreeing with the post in question have this level of vitriol against other trans people, chances are its not actually a very friendly and positive post. again, as a cis ally, its not your place to involve yourself in community infighting.

with these simple tips, you can stop accidently spreading anti trans propaganda or harmful infighting that fractures trans unity and solidarity

[artist-refs]

Also, look out for "trans woman" vs "transwoman" and "trans man" vs "transman". Without the space is a red flag that someone might be transphobic. It can also just be someone who is ignorant of the implications, in which case, they will change how they write it once informed.

Reblogging here because it's good to know that to look out for, but also because it's good reference for how to write a transphobic character with maybe some level of subtly.

[radiqueer]

Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget

[aromanticduck]

Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word erratic and stop using schizophrenic/bipolar/psychotic as a replacement

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word particular and stop using ocd as a replacement

[weresoul]

People need to relearn the word "egocentric" and stop using narcissist/narc as a replacement.

[thatpreciousthing]

People need to relearn the word "impulse" and stop using "intrusive thought" as a replacement

[answrs]

People need to relearn the word "lying" and stop using "gaslighting" as a replacement

[fluffy-critter]

People also need to relearn the word "mistaken" and stop using the words "lying" and "gaslighting" as a replacement

[gendercensus]

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[willgrahamscock]

how are you gonna be 31 and posting fandom content bro leave it to the teenagers

People 10 and 20 years older than me are writing your favorite fanfics, and drawing your favorite characters. You'd have no fandom without the people you think are 'too old' to have hobbies.

[nessataleweaver]

Who the heck do you think started modern day fandom with Star Trek? It sure wasn't teenagers.

Who do you think makes professional quality fanart and fanfic? People who've been practicing it for ten, fifteen, twenty years!

Or even people who've been practicing it for thirty, forty or fifty!!!!!

example: Diane Duane. Currently in her seventies. Star Trek fangirl since the original run. Goddess-level Ascended Fan who has created official tie-in works in more forms of media than pretty much anyone else alive, possibly even Rodenberry himself because they didn't have audiobooks or video games when he was with us. Writer of Spock's World, The Wounded Sky, Doctor's Orders in TOS. Co-writer of TNG script Where no one has gone before, and writer of the tie-in novel Dark Mirror among others. Writer of a half-dozen Star Trek Comics. She has adapted her own work for audio, has written for the Star Trek manga series, has written short Trek fiction for anthologies, and plotted and wrote the video game Star Trek: the Kobayashi Alternative.

In other fandoms, she was a personal friend of Terry Pratchett himself. As a scriptwriter, she's also worked in fandoms like Scooby-Doo, Transformers, My Little Pony, Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series, Spiderman: Unlimited (and a trilogy of tie-in novels still in print) and Barbie: Fairytopia. ...And that's just cherry-picking her imdb page.

While she can't give out specific details due to Obvious Reasons, she's still active in the Sherlock BBC fandom - and there's a specific subset of her fans who love guessing which of the legendary fanfics might be her work (I am not one of them, BTW, as it is None Of My Business. I'm old-school that way).

Fandom is not for teenagers. Fandom is for everyone of good heart and enthusiasm for a good (or even bad! No judgement!) story.

Just wait until you grow up, Anonymous OP. Wonder how long it'll take you to change your mind.

[dduane]

...Some days when you're feeling tired, and wondering "what the hell is the point... why am I even bothering?"... it's nice to be reminded that you're supported.

[coyoteroadkill]

ive said this before but it was on my old blog so I'm saying it again

dehumanizing abusers is not effective at doing anything other than make people think they're ontologically incapable of violence

[ajunicetryagain]

it's also creating a class of people who you can abuse while telling yourself that you're Good and Moral and Not an Abuser.

[kyraneko]

if you dehumanize the caught abusers then the uncaught abusers will use their humanity as proof of innocence

if you dehumanize the hypothetical abusers you create incentives for false accusations as a means of dehumanization whenever dehumanization is desired for other reasons